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The Rocky Mountain Collegian

A lake sits with dry edges.
Fort Collins Utilities announces voluntary water reductions
Lilly Vollmar, Staff Reporter • May 6, 2026

As of May 1, Fort Collins Utilities customers are under a water shortage watch following several mandatory water restrictions...

A river running out: 100 years of Colorado River Compact
A river running out: 100 years of Colorado River Compact
Maci Lesh, Staff Reporter • May 6, 2026

Roughly half of Colorado's Front Range water comes from the Colorado River Basin. The allocation of this water is governed...

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Breaking: Lise Youngblade named CSU provost, executive president for academic affairs
Chloe Rios, Staff Reporter • May 5, 2026

Editor’s Note: This is an ongoing breaking news story. Updates will be provided as they become available. Following...

Fisher: To The Collegian, for always making me run back
Katie Fisher, Science Editor • May 7, 2026

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their...

Raikow: Witness — lessons as a Collegian photographer
Sofia Raikow, Assistant Photo Director • May 7, 2026

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their...

Secrest: To the arts, to The Collegian: Thank you
Ruby Secrest, Arts and Entertainment Editor • May 7, 2026

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their...

A river running out: 100 years of Colorado River Compact
Life and Culture
A river running out: 100 years of Colorado River Compact
Maci Lesh, Staff Reporter • May 6, 2026

Roughly half of Colorado's Front Range water comes from the Colorado River Basin. The allocation of this water is governed by the Colorado River...

Professor Rachel Kirby lectures her class March 27.
German professor at CSU shares her journey with language, education
Lauren Ipaktchian, Staff Reporter • April 30, 2026
Collegian File Photo
Sports
Colorado hunters, anglers feel impact of record drought
Katie Fisher, Science Editor • May 6, 2026

As Colorado faces the lowest snowpack the state has seen in over four decades, 5 million residents across the state have been left to confront...

A CSU softball player hits the ball. The Rams played Grand Canyon University at the CSU softball field May 2nd.
CSU softball falls to GCU in mercy-ruled finale
Jenna Jenkins, Staff Reporter • May 2, 2026
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Opinion
Fisher: To The Collegian, for always making me run back
Katie Fisher, Science Editor • May 7, 2026

Editor’s Note: Traditionally, graduating seniors working at The Collegian are given the chance to write a farewell note at the end of their...

Secrest: To the arts, to The Collegian: Thank you
Secrest: To the arts, to The Collegian: Thank you
Ruby Secrest, Arts and Entertainment Editor • May 7, 2026
Collegian File Photo
Science
Science of less: The Colorado River’s shrinking reality
Maci Lesh, Staff Reporter • May 6, 2026

Water reaching a Colorado State University dorm has crossed the Continental Divide, passed through tunnels and treatment systems and entered...

The founders of FlocBot, Josh Kates (Left) and Hugh McCurren (Right), stand by the water treatment system outside the Colorado State Engineering Building, April 29.
Engineering students design award-winning water treatment device
Chloe Rios, Staff Reporter • May 4, 2026
"A Poetic Inventory of the Cache La Poudre River" sits on display in Wolverine Farm Publick House May 3.
Arts and Entertainment
Wolverine Farm publishes poetic anthology featuring 42 writers documenting Poudre River
Gracie Douglas, Staff Reporter • May 6, 2026

“A Poetic Inventory of the Cache La Poudre River” is an anthology published by Wolverine Farm Publick House that brought together 42 poets...

Horoscopes May 4-10
Horoscopes May 4-10
Chloe Waskey, News Editor • May 4, 2026
Dante’s Inferno Strain Review
Cannabis
Dante’s Inferno Strain Review
Miles Buchan • March 4, 2025

Strain Review – Dante’s Inferno Cannabis strains are plentiful, potent, and ever-evolving as cultivation culture strives to develop new...

Strain Review: Ease your mind with Durban Kush wax
Strain Review: Ease your mind with Durban Kush wax
Miles Buchan, Staff Reporter • May 4, 2023
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The 9-Step Checklist for Effortless Travel Planning as a Student
The 9-Step Checklist for Effortless Travel Planning as a Student
May 15, 2026

Some of the best trips happen during your student years, when the world feels wide open and every destination is a possibility. But between limited...

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